Fungus growing on a tree in Borneo
Originally
classified as
plants,
fungi are not at all
plants, because they are
heterotrophs (they do not fix their own carbon through
photosynthesis but use the carbon fixed by other
organisms).
Full article >>>Basidiomycota
Fungi (singular:
fungus) are a major group of living things,
originally considered
plants but now treated as the separate
kingdom Fungi.
Full article >>>Fungus infection which usually affects the
mouth or
vagina. White patches appear and the surrounding skin is red and sore.
Full article >>>Fungus,
Fungi (pl.): Any of numerous
plants lacking
chlorophyll, ranging in form from a single
cell to a body of branched filaments. Includes the yeasts, molds, smuts, and mushrooms.
Full article >>>fungus (plural:
fungi). A multicellular lower
plant lacking
chlorophyll, such as mold, mildew, smut, or rust. The
fungus body normally consists of filamentous
strands called
mycelium and reproduces through
dispersal of
spores.
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Full article >>>Fungus with flagellated stage; possible
evolutionary link between
fungi and
protists.
cilium pl. cilia
(silly-um) [L. eyelash] ...
Full article >>>Fungus: A
Kingdom made up of a diverse group of
unicellular or multicellular, eukaryotic
organisms which are not
plants or
animals. Many are parasitic or saprophytic. Both
asexual and
sexual reproductions are possible.
Full article >>>The
fungus is Cladonia cristatella, an ascomycete. Its name is the name given to the
lichen.
The photobiont is Trebouxia erici, a green alga. It is found in many other
lichens as well, and also can be found growing independently.
Full article >>>Fungus. A microorganism that lacks
chlorophyll. Fusion
gene. A
hybrid gene created by joining portions of two different genes (to produce a new
protein) or by joining a
gene to a different
promoter (to alter or regulate
gene transcription). G
Gamete.
Full article >>>The
enzyme is produced by the filamentous
fungus Fusarium graminearum as an extracellular
enzyme.
Full article >>>Fungi are almost entirely multicellular (with yeast, Saccharomyces cerviseae, being a prominent
unicellular fungus),
heterotrophic (deriving their energy from another
organism, whether alive or dead), ...
Full article >>>Neurospora crassa, a filamentous
fungus, contains little
repetitive DNA other than r
DNA repeats. It grows as a scyntium with
haploid nuclei. A very brief
diploid phase occurs.
Full article >>>More Grail modules have been added to Perceval, the
exon prediction
code, including one for Phanerochaete chrysosporium, the white rot
fungus genome sequenced by JGI.
Full article >>>ecto
mycorrhizae Association of a
fungus with a vascular
plant root or
rhizome system in which the
fungus surrounds, but does not penetrate the living
cells (protoplast) of the system.
ecto
neural Oral (chief)
nervous system in echinoderms.
Full article >>>mycorrhizae -- Symbiotic association between a
fungus and the
roots or
rhizoids of a
plant. More info?
node -- The region of a
stem between two
internodes, where there is branching of the vascular
tissue into leaves or other appendages.
Full article >>>A zoonotic disease is a disease in which the
pathogen, the
virus, bacterium,
fungus,
protozoan-there are many different kinds of
pathogens, of disease-causing
organisms-in the case of zoonotic diseases, ...
Full article >>>plant composed of a
chlorophyll-bearing alga and a
fungus living together symbiotically
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General
Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby
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Phylloporus boletinoides - a fungus with a broadly convex brown cap and pores that extend part way down the stalk
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The densely branched network of hyphae in a fungus.
myelin
a sheath of fatty substance associated with protein that surrounds larger nerve fibers of vertebrates.
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